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Media sways opinions Poll suggests coverage affected people’s views of recent major events An opinion poll made public yesterday indicated that the media, particularly television, has played a significant role in shaping public opinion over recent key issues such as the alleged abduction of Pakistani migrants and the killing of an Albanian national.

FRONT PAGE NEWS

Prankster makes his last call ‘for fun’

A 26-year-old man accused of triggering 220 bogus bomb alerts that created havoc in the city during the busy Christmas period was arrested yesterday...

Highway tolls set to rise again

Motorists heading to one of Attica's major highways, the Attiki Odos, will be hit with higher charges in February in the second price hike for the popular road network's...

Plans to send sludge abroad

The government said yesterday that it was looking for a European country to accept...

Cyprus is edgy over Straw visit

Nicosia yesterday said its relationship with London would suffer...

A Muslim immigrant living...

A Muslim immigrant living in Cyprus prays yesterday...

Police net loan sharks after hefty demands

A father and son were arrested in the suburb of Aghia Paraskevi, northeastern Athens...

IN BRIEF

Plan to save lake gets green light after EU approves millions in aid : A 57-million-euro program to save Lake Koroneia...

Greece in penultimate position among 25 EU member states, Kyprianou says : Greece ranks second to last among European Union states in the number of citizens designating...

Cypriot plane suffers engine problems : A Cyprus Airways flight made an emergency landing at Athens International Airport...

Theoklitos returns : Archbishop Christodoulos, the head of the Church of Greece, yesterday awarded Theoklitos...

Youths convicted : An Iraklion court yesterday passed down suspended...

Supermarket closed : Officials from Piraeus Prefecture temporarily closed down...

Border arrests : Police arrested six Albanian men yesterday...

Helios report : A draft report on the causes of the Helios air crash north of Athens last August will be ready...

Sturdy schools : Checks to discover older schools' resistance to earthquakes are will be completed...


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EDITORIAL

Innovation laggards Greece's governments have for the most part ducked the issue of the country's low spending on research and development. Most of the people have come to accept an anachronistic perception which sees relatively small and poor nations as lacking the capacity to innovate and develop pioneering products and services. However data released yesterday by the European Commission prove the skeptics wrong.

COMMENTARY

Opening for a third force? Opinion polls show New Democracy enjoying a 2.5 percent lead over the PASOK opposition, while conservative leader Costas Karamanlis is still considered best suited to be premier. But ND's hegemony is more fragile than it looks. Asked about the best government for the country, a plurality of those polled turned their backs on both mainstream parties. Some 38 percent said none of the two main factions was adequate...

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